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microtechnology

British  
/ ˌmaɪkrəʊtɛkˈnɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. technology that uses microelectronics

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In our times, the integration of springs in silicon-based microtechnology has opened the world of planar mass-producible mechatronic devices from which we all benefit, via air-bag sensors for example.

From Science Daily Jan. 4, 2024

An approach with superconducting bits might be particularly well suited, though, Crutchfield says, because “it’s familiar microtechnology that is known to scale up very well.”

From Scientific American Mar. 29, 2022

For those who don’t want to fiddle around with microtechnology when getting dinner on the table, fingers provide the best intel.

From New York Times May 13, 2014

Powered by the latest microtechnology and driven by billions in defense industry and commercial research dollars, domestic drones are poised for widespread expansion into U.S. airspace once regulation catches up with reality.

From Reuters Mar. 3, 2013

Among other things, microtechnology will make the mechanism of supply and demand operate more responsively; customers' wishes will be registered at the speed of light.

From Time Magazine Archive

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